In the Woods Study Days

Exciting things coming in fall!
Experiential education from local experts... Mountain Crafts Homestead Skills.

October: Leather Crafts
November: Candle Making (bee wax)
December: Soap Making
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February: Homemade Salves
March: Weaving
April: Wool Craft: Market Bag

Details:
2.5 hours $35/session (including project take home)

Contact us to book your educational group session.

Stay Tuned! We've got some amazing Ecology study days coming up later this year talking about the Ghost Watershed and special species of fish and how to protect these special water sources.

Learn how to make a Macrame Market Bag together! These bags are perfect for upcoming spring market shopping & Easter treats. 🥰

Cost: $45/participant (includes materials)
Date: Fri, March 1
Time: 10am-1pm
Suitable for ages 8-adult.

Register for this day learning mini-retreat at: [email protected]

Last day to register!

Calling all ELEMENTARY students! Our In the Woods days are starting up on October 25!

Registration closes on October 13!
E-mail: [email protected] to register

Join us for some fun fireside history lessons, history-related wide games & crafts!

ENVIRONMENTAL BUILDING DESIGN DAYS: Registration closes TONIGHT!
If you have been sitting on the fence for our Jr High & High School days - register today!

Starting in 2 WEEKS!!!! SOOO excited for our JR & SR High Environmental Building study days this year!

IF YOU MISSED SIGN-UP.... DO IT QUICK!

Time in nature IS SO GOOD for you... and your children!

Why Time in Nature Is Good for You (and Your Kids) - Homeschool Compass Are you longing to incorporate more time in nature into your homeschool days, but struggling to fit it all in? We are pleased to welcome Dr. Kristin Moon of Kristin Moon Science to the Homeschool Compass to share with us why it is worthwhile to prioritize time in nature. Not […]

Let your friends know! :) If you know of junior high & high school (ages 11-17-ish) students who would love to come to our study afternoons, please let them know! We know how hard it can be to find & maintain community through high school.

Register: [email protected]
Re: "In the Woods Fall Study Days"

Parents! We haven't forgotten about you. Our study afternoons include a little respite for carpool drivers too!

Coming up on November 30.
Cost: $35. Deadline to sign up: Nov. 16

Must pre-read Kristin Hannah's book: The Winter Garden

Coming up on November 23.
Cost: $35. Deadline to sign up: Nov. 9

Upper Elementary: Max 20 students.
Includes: History lesson, medieval food over a fire, & costume lending for the game.

Junior High: Max 12 students
Includes: Science & health lesson, plus materials for individual take-home Advent calendars.

Our latest project was to place some sand or dirt on our boards, and then cover it up with white paste to symbolize forgiveness. The kids went above & beyond re-creating the beauty they see in nature on top.

Beauty from ashes. ~ Isaiah 61:3 ~

If you've ever attended one of our Sensory Awareness Training afternoons, you will have heard about Sensory Tool Boxes.

Here is a great article about OUTDOOR sensory diet activities!
www.theottoolbox.com/outdoor-sensory-diet-activities/

These activities are so great for anyone! They keep your brain on it's toes - get the pun?!?! 😍

Outdoor Sensory Diet Activities - The OT Toolbox We’ve been talking a lot about sensory diets here on The OT Toolbox recently. Understanding what a sensory diet is and how it can be used within a sensory lifestyle is a big part of integrating sensory activities and sensory play into needed sensory input that a child needs to self-regulation, cop...

Do you have a child with an IPP that includes goals like:
- walking on uneven ground
- being able to work in a group
- being comfortable in new spaces
- increasing core strength & balance
- vestibular & proprioceptive system training and awareness?

The forest is the perfect place to naturally work on these goals. Pop us a message if you would like to join in a group day. Aides & therapists are welcome!

We will be partnering with some amazing Nature & Forest Programs to help your children have a great day in nature and meet some curriculum goals at the same time!

Our hope is that children and their parents can enjoy these Forest Days on our special piece of land, and build community with one another, while exploring, appreciating and learning about the land around them.

We lead these nature days as a gift to those around us, because we have felt so blessed to be able to enjoy this little piece of the Ghost River Valley and want to share it with others.

Even on the cooler winter days, the forest is a rejuvenating place to be and it inspires fun works of art on natural canvas. These would make some festive charcuterie boards, don't you think? 🌲🌳

More fun we've been having! Lean-to shelters, nature-inspired lacing wood slices (sneaking in some fun pincer grasp practice!), and textured landscape painting using "gold" accents for lighting angles. :)

Some of the fun we've been having lately! Wickiup shelters, one-stick fire building using ferro rods, and landscape painting!

Why the name "The River"? Our community retreat day name lies in Psalm 1:1-3 "He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither."

PM to join in. Activities will change weekly, lots of options for everyone to choose from!

Cozy fireside time - 👍
Playing & learning in the forest - 👍

Thanks everyone for helping to spread the word about this fun learning community. As many of you know, with my background in pediatric neuropsychology, I am VERY passionate about kids having community, and being outside moving their bodies and learning about creation, and therefore our Creator. I see them all as being critical to not only balanced mental health and learning, but essentially learning about our own body, mind and spirit - created in His image.

Our kids are so excited to make some new friends and learn in our "backyard".